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William Drummond of Hawthornden
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“The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild, Among that savage brood the woods forth bring, Which he than man more harmless found and mild.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) first seen 1623 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For the Baptist" Flowers of Sion (1623).
“My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow With thy green mother in some shady grove, When immelodious winds but made thee move, And birds their ramage did on thee bestow.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring Oft call that prince which here doth monarchise: — But he, grim-grinning King, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb, Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it every where”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of this fair volume which we World do name If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care, Of him who it corrects, and did it frame, We clear might read the art and wisdom rare.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Doth then the world go thus, doth all thus move? Is this the justice which on Earth we find? Is this that firm decree which all doth bind? Are these your influences, Powers above?”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God never had a church but there, men say, The Devil a chapel hath raised by some wyles. I doubted of this saw, till on a day I westward spied great Edinburgh’s Saint Gyles.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Posthumous Poems, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Section 4, Member 1, Subse…
Also quoted by: William Drummond
“What doth it serve to see sun's burning face, And skies enamelled with both the Indies' gold? Or moon at night in jetty chariot roll'd, And all the glory of that starry place?”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For what doth serve all that this world contains, Sith she for whom those once to me were dear, No part of them can have now with me here?”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Phœbus, arise! And paint the sable skies With azure, white, and red.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Make an eternal spring; Give life to this dark world which lieth dead. Spread forth thy golden hair In larger locks than thou wast wont before, And emperor-like decore With diadem of pearl thy temples fair.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the morn should bring unto this grove My love, to hear and recompense my love.”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here is the pleasant place, And nothing wanted is, save She, alas!”
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) said by 1649 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source